Weekly thingy and the Six of Pentacles/The Malachite Casket
I talked about the Malachite Maid way back in the major arcana – she’s woven all through this story, though she never directly appears (except in disguise as the traveler). … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the Five of Pentacles/The Little Match Girl
I feel like everyone knows this story? Poor little match girl huddled in the cold, begging passers-by to buy her matches and having no luck. One by one she lights … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the Four of Pentacles/Diamonds and Toads
I’ve already done a couple of these reward and punishment stories so the basic outlines are pretty clear. Generous kind stepdaughter, mean jealous greedy stepmother, greedy lazy daughter. The good … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the Three of Pentacles/East of the Sun etc.
Y’all have heard me talk East of the Sun, West of the Moon a bunch already, I LOVE a Nordic fairytale where the girl is the quester. Basically this needed … Continue reading
Fortnightly thingy and the Two of Pentacles/The Three Little Men
This story is a bit of an amalgam of Snow White and Diamonds and Toads – you’ve got an evil stepmother, the stepdaughter being sent out to do impossible tasks, … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the Ace of Pentacles/The Tinder Box
Do people mostly know this one? It’s honestly a little icky, the ‘hero’ uses his access to magical dogs to steal a sleeping princess from her bedroom several times and … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the King of Swords/Myrtha
I’m back to a ballet source, although the Wilis in Giselle are absolutely based in a variety of traditional folktales about vilis/vilas (and of course you may be familiar with … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the fully painted Queen of Swords/The Marsh Woman
If you’re not familiar with the Girl Who Trod on a Loaf I am unsurprised – it’s another fairytale from bisexual disaster Han Christian Andersen, and very much in the … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and progress sort of. (The Queen of Swords/The Marsh Woman)
Definitely not going to get this painted tonight but here’s the black and white at least. The actual fairy tale for this is, as promised, The Girl Who Trod on … Continue reading
Fortnightly thingy and a break from drawing
I’m working a lot of hours right now and it’s taking up a lot of brain space, so I just haven’t had the mental energy for drawing. I know exactly … Continue reading
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